(Re)learning Japanese
One was a hardworking Renaissance man, a student of literature. The other was a hard-living military veteran, a cameraman-in-training who stumbled into acting after his grizzled mug and gruff mien won a talent search. Together, Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune created some of the Japanese cinema's most enduring treasures.
"...-- its setting is urban, following the detective through burlesque houses, scrap-lumber squats, and hot-sheet hotels, baked in the..."
Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman